You have to put his words in context. For instance when he said "compatibility" he is talking about backward compatibility which was the jargon that MS used at

You have to put his words in context. For instance when he said "compatibility" he is talking about backward compatibility which was the jargon that MS used at that time. > "How "open" of an architecture is that?" Again is a jargon that was used way before that Linux came to light. He is talking in comparison with Apple which hardware was closed.